ABSTRACT
Criterion 1: The ratio of the passenger cars or freight wagons in operation to the total rolling stock fleet of a railway network/corridor
Criterion 2: The ratio of the daily passenger traffic load to the respective freight traffic load
Criterion 3: The ratio of the passenger trains to the freight trains circulating in the network/corridor
Criterion 4: The ratio of the train-kilometres travelled per year by passenger trains to the respective train-kilometres travelled by freight trains
Criterion 5: The ratio of the passenger-kilometres of passenger trains to the ton-kilometres of freight trains
Furthermore, it should be noted that the above five criteria do not have all the same impact in determining the traffic composition of a network/corridor and the associated network/corridor classification based on traffic composition. In this context, each criterion was assigned a different weight, considering the degree to which its mathematical expression is related to the operational characteristics affected by the traffic composition (type and quantity of the transport volume carried over the network/corridor, track capacity of the railway infrastructure, required amount of track maintenance work, length of the available railway infrastructure and the degree of track capacity occupancy by passenger and freight trains).
